Nepal Rastra Bank pins relief to COVID impact KATHMANDU, JULY 27 Nepal Rastra Bank has put various sectors into three categories on the basis of the level of impact caused by the COVID-19 — highly-affected, semi-affected and least-affected. Issuing a circular today, the central bank... 28 Jul, 2020
Bloomberg charity scrutinized by India for anti-tobacco funding, lobbying: documents NEW DELHI: India has been investigating how Bloomberg Philanthropies, founded by billionaire Michael Bloomberg, funds local non-profit groups for anti-tobacco lobbying, government documents show, making it the latest foreign non-government... Women 30 Aug, 2017
Licence must for tobacco business from mid-March Tobacco outlets have to be at least 100 m away from educational institutions Kathmandu, January 20 In a bid to regulate the sale of tobacco products and discourage its consumption, the government has passed a proposal to ban the sale of tobacco... Travel 21 Jan, 2017
Stampede at charity handout in Bangladesh leaves 23 dead DHAKA: At least 23 people were killed in a stampede in central Bangladesh early Friday when hundreds of people stormed the home of a businessman for a charity handout during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, police said. Another 30 were injured... Women 10 Jul, 2015